PBC-President Jerry Quinto awards Thai Ken Nanakorn the champion's cupThailand’s Ken Nanakorn nipped PBC’s Joseph Sycip 6-4 in an exciting, nerve wreaking tit-for-tat match last night at the 4th All Asian 9 Ball Tournament at the Centre Carougeois de Billard. Both players battled it out in every rack tying the score at 4-4. However, Nanakorn took the 5th rack with his exceptional pocketing and ball positioning and Sycip was not able to tie the score as he encountered a couple of bad rolls that finally gave Nanakorn the title.
In the other set of finals for the 3rd and 4th place, Manat Dornkan of Thailand beat Philippines’ Leo Flor , 6-3. Dornkan took the early lead by taking first three racks. Flor desperately tried to rally from behind but it was too late as the Thai cue master took the succeeding racks and made sure that his opponent was buried in the score.
The year of the Ox 2009 promises to be an exciting year for the Asian Billiard Tournaments, which are principally organized by the Philippine Billiard Club of Geneva. The PBC-Geneva started organizing All- Filipino Billiard Tournaments in 2003. In late 2007, we expanded from All-Filipino to All-Asian and today we are currently having regular monthly All Asian tournaments. Today our tournament participants include players from the Philippines, Thailand, China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Japan, and South Korea. We hope that in 2009 we will continue to be successful in our efforts to promote pool among our co-Asians in Geneva.
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